The Moral Judgment of the Child

By Jean Piaget

Book Overview

The seminal book by this century's most important developmental psychologist chronicles the evolution of children's moral thinking.

The Moral Judgement of the Child traces children's moral thinking from preschool to adolescence, tracing their concepts of lying, cheating, adult authority, punishment, and responsibility and offering important insights into how they learn -- or fail to learn -- the difference between right and wrong.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684833301
• ISBN13: 9780684833309
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.6"

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Reviewing: The Moral Judgement of the Child

As a professional educator, it's always great to review and reread the works of the great theorists such as Piaget. I consider him to be the father of educational psychology as well as a a great cognitive theorist.